Wollongong is a coastal city 80 km south of Sydney, 1½ hours drive, with a population of over 200,000. Hope Wollongong started in May 2008 as an outreach from Hope Sydney, meeting in the university campus. There are many oversees students here. May Chung, from Hope Brisbane, gave a challenging inaugural address. We stepped out by faith with a few people who had a heart to plant the church with us.
Planting Church in Wollongong
We have been very excited to see how God has used different people and trust in His faithfulness for continued growth. There are many people with needs and I believe God will heal this city. We are very thankful because we had brothers and sisters in Christ who came to visit us. Many mission teams came to give us encouragement.
God is adding people to the group
God is moving in our church. Now we have more than 12 commitments. We try to mobilize people to serve the Lord according to their gifts.
We would like to see a dynamic church develop. In the last 6 months we had activities such as Friendship Sunday, Hope Olympics and the most exciting time was the first water baptism and BBQ. Praise the Lord, at that day we had 9 visitors!
You are most welcome to come and visit us! Please let us know and check for the exact location (Kent 0415 032 940).
Love in Christ
Kent Hemninrat
Hope Wollongong Christian Church
www.hopewollongong.org.au
